garden caddy. Durable digger. Breaking ground and turning soil are among the most basic of gardening tasks. A sturdy spade or shovel and hand trowel are essential. Efficient fork. Cultivating soil is key to preparing new planting areas and uprooting

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easier to make changes with an eraser than with a shovel . This is the time to consider garden views ..... basics that you'll need to get started. Trowel Spade (for digging and transplanting) Shovel (for moving earth and mulch, flipping compost

drill, purchase a set of twist drill bits , used for boring things such as pilot holes for screws. For larger holes, a set of spade bits does the trick. For really large holes, such as those for a lockset in a door, use a hole saw , which fits into a drill

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fence , or the way the dirt sticks to the spade when you make a hole to plant a shrub ..... volunteered in one yard where a sharp, pointed shovel refused to cut the clay below the sod ..... front yard of the house where I couldn't shovel a hole for a tree. We learned months